Associations to the word «Portative»

Wiktionary

PORTATIVE, adjective. (now) (rare) Portable. [from 14th c.]
PORTATIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. [15th-19th c.]
PORTATIVE, noun. (now) (chiefly historical) A portative organ.
PORTATIVE ORGAN, noun. (music) A small pipe organ with one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a right angle.
PORTATIVE ORGANS, noun. Plural of portative organ

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy